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(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Professor E. N. da C. Andrade ; Sir George Dyson ; Hugh Gaitskell , M.P .; Salvador de Madariaga; Mavis Tate. Question-Master, Donald McCuilough.

Contributors

Unknown:
E. N. Da C. Andrade
Unknown:
Sir George Dyson
Unknown:
Hugh Gaitskell , M.P
Question-Master:
Mavis Tate.
Question-Master:
Donald McCuilough.

' Said the Cat to the Dog,' by Martin Armstrong. Produced by Josephine Plummer. No. 11-'Exploring'
5.25 ' Music at Random.' In response to many requests Helen Henschel talks about Handel's
' Harmonious Blacksmith' and plays some of the Variations
5.40 ' The Lickey Incline.' Godfrey Baseley tells the story of the ascent of the steepest main-line gradient in the country by an express train, including a commentary from the footplate of Big Bertha.

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong.
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer.
Talks:
Helen Henschel
Unknown:
Godfrey Baseley
Narrator:
Lionel Gamlin
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Ronnie:
David de Saram
Mompty:
Vivienne Chatterton
Peckham:
Stephen Jack

by William Shakespeare

Part One: 7.20-9.0
Part Two: 9.15-10.15

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Producer:
Howard Rose
Claudius, King of Denmark:
James Dale
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:
Barry Morse
Polonius, Lord Chamberlain:
John Ruddock
Horatio, friend to Hamlet:
Roderick Lovell
Laertes, son to Polonius:
Laurence Payne
Rosencrantz:
John Chandos
Guildenstern:
Olaf Pooley
Osric:
Richard West
Marcellus:
Frank Drew
Bernardo:
Andrew Faulds
Francisco:
Meadows White
First Player:
Andrew Cruickshank
The Queen:
Sheila Burrell
The King:
Philip Morant
First Clown:
Jay Laurier
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, mother to Hamlet:
Lydia Sherwood
Ophelia, daughter to Polonius:
Sara Jackson
The Ghost of Hamlet's father:
George Skillan
Narrator:
Stephen Murray

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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